Friday, October 10, 2014

Sukkot/Laubhüttenfest

Well, here we go again, another Jewish festival: Sukkot! We read the wanderings of the Children of Israel in the desert in the Golden Children's Bible, a wonderful Bible for grade three. And then we built our version of a sukkah. We even decorated the table inside with a lemon and a willow twig. We had our dinner consisting of fish, mashed rutabaga, and green beans/broccoli in the sukkah. This was a wonderful way to get to know this Jewish custom. Yesterday we drove by a synagogue hoping to find a sukkah there, but we did not see one. We later discovered that they do have sukkahs, just not where the synagogue is.

So glad you did. I will pass on your good wishes to Jonathan. This is actually the Wesleyan church library. Our church is in a different town. Our town only has this one Wesleyan church. Almost everybody here goes to that church and our co-op uses the church buildings for their meetings. It is a LEAH co-op. The Catholic homeschooling group does not offer any activities close by, so we rarely participate in their events. But the library has many good religious books and also many good children's books, no matter what your denomination.

I will look at my list of Jewish holidays I want to cover. We will not do all of the Jewish holidays, only the ones that stand apart and are easy to understand. I will add the list here within the next few days. I think it is important to learn about our "roots" so to speak. We are all truly connected.

Here is an interesting book about Jewish holidays for Christians. Most libraries have lots and lots of books on the Jewish holidays. I like to browse our catalogues and choose what I think will work for our family. I also like to look on the History Channel to find videos about the festivals. www.chabad.org also has lots and lots of resources. I hope that this is helpful.

Geschichten zu den Kirchenfesten (Christengemein-schaft)

Erleben des Jahreslaufes mit Kindern

Bilder für den Jahreskreis

Für die Kleinsten

Für die Kleinsten

Handgestenspiele: Frühjahr/Sommer

Organizational Skills for Catholic Mothers

A Mother's Rule of Life

Chores/Aufgaben

Managers of Their Chores

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